USAF Wants Industry To Outline KC-135 Replacement Plans

U.S. Air Force Boeing KC-135

A KC-135 stops in American Samoa in January 2023. 

Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force wants to kick off a program to replace its aging Boeing KC-135s this month with a request for information (RFI), followed by industry days on both this effort and future mobility programs. The service posted a rare “heads-up” notice on Sept. 1 calling on industry to be prepared to...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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